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Frontier Transport Holdings (JSE:FTH) Interest Coverage : 18.58 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Frontier Transport Holdings Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Frontier Transport Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was R195 Mil. Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was R-11 Mil. Frontier Transport Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 18.58. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:FTH' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.02   Med: 9.02   Max: 21.11
Current: 21.11


JSE:FTH's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
79.1% of 818 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.445 vs JSE:FTH: 21.11

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Frontier Transport Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Frontier Transport Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Frontier Transport Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 7.02 7.48 9.20 17.29 20.61

Frontier Transport Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.34 21.13 16.53 24.11 18.58

Competitive Comparison of Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Railroads subindustry, Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



Frontier Transport Holdings Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Expense was R-16 Mil. Its Operating Income was R339 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R84 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*339.487/-16.469
=20.61

Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Expense was R-11 Mil. Its Operating Income was R195 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R142 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*195.198/-10.504
=18.58

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Frontier Transport Holdings  (JSE:FTH) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Frontier Transport Holdings (JSE:FTH) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
103 Bofors Circle, Epping Industria, Cape Town, WC, ZAF, 7460
Frontier Transport Holdings Ltd, formerly Hosken Passenger Logistics And Rail Ltd through its subsidiary provide a scheduled commuter bus operator in the Cape Metropole. It is engaged in the provision of passenger transport services within South Africa. The company operates in the luxury and semi-luxury coach markets.

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